University of Maryland – College Park: Statistics

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 39 of 12,502	In the World
# 33 of 1,147	In North America
# 30 of 1,149	In the United States
# 2 of 1	In College Park
# 2 of 864	For Performing arts
Top 1-3	For 12 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

45%

Average SAT

1,465

Average ACT

Aid receiving

67%

Undergraduates

31,133

Graduates

10,592

Male:Female Ratio

50:50

Type

Public
not-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

umd.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

University of Maryland – College Park has an acceptance rate of 45% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	45%	45%	45%
Applicants	60,056	30,014	29,998
Admissions	26,902	12,660	14,213
Freshmen enrolled full time	5,795	2,790	2,984

Admissions requirements

Recommendations	Required
Secondary school record	Required
TOEFL	Required
College-preparatory program	Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Considered but not required
Other Tests	Considered but not required
SAT/ACT	Considered but not required
Secondary school GPA	Considered but not required
Secondary school rank	Considered but not required

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	36%
■ Nonresident Alien	12%
■ Asian	20%
■ Hispanic	10%
■ Black or African American	12%
■ Two or more races	4%
■ Unknown	5%

University of Maryland – College Park majors

University of Maryland – College Park has granted 8,036 bachelor's degrees across 92 programs, 2,836 master's across 90 programs, and 638 doctorate degrees across 72 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of Maryland – College Park.

Major	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Computer Science	948	79	47
Information Science & Studies	702	33	6
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	428	6	22
Psychology, General	395	-	9
Management Science	65	327	-
Engineering, General	-	375	-
Finance, General	359	3	-
Mechanical Engineering	302	24	19
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	250	62	27
Criminology	290	44	4
Public Health, Other	316	-	-
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	15	279	-
Political Science and Government, General	254	15	8
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	253	4	8
Mathematics, General	185	11	11
Public Policy Analysis, General	93	98	5
Marketing & Marketing Management, General	193	-	-
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	179	3	6
Business Statistics	-	181	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	99	34	36
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General	130	25	8
Civil Engineering, General	118	12	17
Business Administration and Management, General	145	-	-
Architecture	138	-	-
Accounting	134	1	-
Journalism	108	20	5
Information Technology	-	126	-
Neuroscience	107	2	7
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	-	115	-
English Language and Literature, General	103	5	6
Ecology	112	-	-
Library and Information Science	-	106	-
Physics, General	63	4	39
Public Health, General	-	102	-
Sociology, General	90	1	9
Computer Engineering, General	94	-	-
Agricultural Engineering	88	-	-
History, General	59	16	8
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	73	-	4
Fine & Studio Arts, General	71	6	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	24	41	11
Curriculum and Instruction	-	69	-
Business & Commerce, General	-	57	10
Animal Sciences, General	56	3	4
Human Computer Interaction	1	60	-
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	24	34
Family and Community Services	55	-	2
Music, General	10	23	24
Applied and Professional Ethics	55	-	-
Chemistry, General	41	1	12
Chemical Engineering	39	1	13
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General	50	1	2
Environmental Science	45	4	2
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	51	-	-
Biochemistry	42	1	5
Financial Analytics	-	46	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	33	7	3
Elementary Education and Teaching	42	-	-
Financial Mathematics	-	41	-
Engineering, Other	26	11	-
Anthropology, General	26	7	3
Food Science	25	3	8
Astronomy	17	6	12
Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	22	8
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	18	6	4
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	28	-	-
Veterinary Medicine	-	-	28
Music Performance, General	26	-	-
Telecommunications Engineering	-	26	-
Agricultural Economics	25	-	-
Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology	-	25	-
Materials Engineering	12	2	11
Special Education and Teaching, General	6	17	2
International Business & Trade & Commerce	24	-	-
Health Services Administration	-	14	9
Spanish Language and Literature	19	2	1
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	10	11
Film & Cinema & Media Studies	21	-	-
Kindergarten & Preschool Education and Teaching	21	-	-
Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist	-	21	-
Sustainability Studies	14	7	-
Dance, General	11	7	-
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General	18	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	-	18	-
Urban Studies & Affairs	-	18	-
Applied Mathematics, General	-	4	13
Secondary Education and Teaching	17	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	12	1	3
Linguistics	14	-	2
Philosophy	13	-	3
Statistics, General	-	8	8
Agriculture, General	15	-	-
Geology & Earth Science, General	8	4	3
Real Estate	15	-	-
Music Teacher Education	14	-	-
Signal & Geospatial Intelligence	-	14	-
American & United States Studies & Civilization	5	4	4
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	1	11
Plant Sciences, General	6	4	2
French Language and Literature	6	3	2
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	-	9	2
Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology	-	11	-
Entomology	-	7	3
Land Use Planning and Management & Development	-	10	-
Arabic Language and Literature	9	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	9	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy & Counseling	-	9	-
Audiology & Audiologist	-	-	8
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	6	2	-
Women's Studies	5	-	3
Chemical Physics	-	2	5
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	-	1	6
Junior High & Intermediate & Middle School Education and Teaching	7	-	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	7	-	-
Biophysics	-	-	6
Biological & Biosystems Engineering	5	-	-
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other	-	3	2
Political Science and Government, Other	-	5	-
Computer Engineering, Other	4	-	-
Creative Writing	-	4	-
Maternal and Child Health	-	-	4
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	-	2	2
Russian Language and Literature	4	-	-
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism	-	1	3
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology	-	1	3
African-American & Black Studies	3	-	-
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	-	3	-
Chinese Language and Literature	3	-	-
Environmental Health	-	2	1
Epidemiology	-	-	3
Art Teacher Education	2	-	-
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	-	-	2
Comparative Literature	-	-	2
Educational Psychology	-	-	2
German Language and Literature	2	-	-
Jewish & Judaic Studies	2	-	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	2	-	-
Iranian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-
Systems Engineering	-	1	-
Grand Total	8,036	2,836	638

Publications & Citations

University of Maryland - College Park is a world-class research university with 218,372 scientific papers published and 9,401,533 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Quantum and Particle physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Medicine, and Geography and Cartography.

Publications

218,372

Citations

9,401,533

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering	119,618 / 5,218,051
Physics	119,079 / 5,211,368
Computer Science	96,583 / 4,536,577
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	92,121 / 4,135,662
Biology	91,331 / 4,413,425
Quantum and Particle physics	90,728 / 3,939,891
Chemistry	90,217 / 3,996,795
Environmental Science	88,400 / 4,041,802
Medicine	54,736 / 2,480,388
Geography and Cartography	51,736 / 2,392,226
Geology	50,510 / 2,477,215
Materials Science	50,041 / 2,026,044
Mathematics	47,778 / 2,283,860
Organic chemistry	45,093 / 1,959,192
Philosophy	44,715 / 2,032,129
Political Science	43,772 / 1,899,953
Psychology	41,170 / 2,107,168
Law	41,146 / 1,827,368
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	38,562 / 1,757,090
Optics	38,419 / 1,590,575
Ecology	36,177 / 1,972,632
Statistics	34,920 / 1,759,148
Business	34,858 / 1,833,988
Sociology	34,664 / 1,572,933
Biochemistry	33,051 / 1,698,362
Genetics	32,608 / 1,605,849
Astrophysics and Astronomy	31,600 / 1,600,582
Electrical Engineering	29,172 / 1,168,825
History	28,814 / 1,207,460
Economics	25,667 / 1,216,559
Paleontology	25,043 / 1,224,226
Nuclear Physics	24,803 / 1,078,480
Archaeology	23,769 / 1,108,128
Linguistics	23,123 / 1,040,533
Telecommunications	21,433 / 864,158
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science	20,951 / 1,026,733
Aerospace Engineering	20,710 / 914,459
Mechanical Engineering	20,405 / 764,239
Computer Vision	18,714 / 886,787
Art & Design	17,905 / 686,142

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